a. [a. Ger. kameral, ad. med.L. camerāl-is, f. camera in its late sense of ‘chamber, bureau.’] Of or pertaining to the camera or ‘chamber’; relating to the management of the state property (in Germany). Hence Cameralistic a., Cameralistics sb. pl. (in Latin form cameralia).
1762. trans. Busching’s Syst. Geog., IV. 103. The imperial royal representation and chamber, with which the cameral exchequer is connected. Ibid., IV. 522. The Amptskeller … looks to … œconomical and cameral matters.
1830. W. Taylor, Germ. Poetry, III. 242. Göthe … was ennobled in 1782 with the appointment of Cameral President.
